Visual Exploration news from bloggers: Facilitating transitions. Beyond the glass ceiling. Treasure Maps for personal visioning

Viv McWaters uses the technique of drawing a Visual Explorer image at random as a way of getting to fresh ideas. Of this image she says "It reminds me of the somewhat artificial world we facilitators operate in. ... How do we make the transition from the ‘event’ - a conference, a forum, a workshop, an on-line discussion - to the ordinary world that we usually inhabit? This photo encompasses that transition." more>>


The bloggers at Beyond the Glass Ceiling write about using lots of visuals at a career retreat. This "unleashes ideas and insights that aren't available to our verbal brains." more>>

Artist and consultant Christine Kane has a popular post in which she describes how to make a Vision Board. As she points out the Vision Board (aka treasure map, or creativity collage) is in some ways like Visual Explorer, but one you can make yourself out of magazine images. "It gives your ego a chance to step aside just a little, so you can more clearly create your vision." more>>

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